Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Back to kindergarten with you!

Nice! Having repeatedly apologised to a certain WiiU-loving regular contributor not so long ago - only to have those apologies repeatedly thrown back in my face (in favour of apparently baring some needless grudge instead...) ..it's pleasing to see two people act so reasonably to one another around here! Faith restored!

@NaviAndMii IMO Yeah, a person having the strength to apologise on the internet after (or during) a heated argument earns a lot of respect from me.

@Blathers Yeah, definitely - and to accept an apology without blinking an eye too - good to see on both sides

Sorry to break up the love fest going on lol, but is anyone have any issues post update?! Our launch day switch will no longer connect to the dock. Plugging the cable directly into the switch itself works fine but it won't recognize the dock at all! Was working fine last night right before updating

Edit: To add, it's definitely not the dock itself. I have tried on 4 different ones and none of them are recognized. The docks themselves work fine as I am able to charge a pro controller with them but the system won't switch into TV mode.

@redd214 I'm not sure if this is of any help.

@Octane tried all of that but thank you though. This switch is starting to fail piece by piece it seems. Dead pixels, joycon issues and now this all within the last couple weeks right after warranty ran out ughhhh

@redd214 Isn't warranty usually two years?

@Octane

"Nintendo systems carry a standard 12-month warranty"

https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/manuals/warrantyinfo.jsp

Can't wait, Ys VIII looks fun as heck.

Nintendo Switch UK eShop Charts - 13/03/2018

Numbers in brackets are previous positions based on: 05/03/2018 (Unless they haven't moved)

1: Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
2: Stardew Valley
3: Arcade Archives: VS. Super Mario Bros (Up from 5th)
4: Rocket League
5: Celeste (Up from 6th)
6: Sonic Mania (Up from 10th)
7: Bayonetta(Down from 3rd)
8: NBA Playgrounds: Enhanced Edition
9: Bridge Constructor Portal (NEW) (Up from not charting)
10: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Up from 11th)
11: Outlast: Bundle of Fear (Up from not charting)
12: Splatoon 2(Up from not charting)
13: Human Fall Flat (Down from 12th)
14: Darkest Dungeon (Up from not charting)
15: Overcooked: Special Edition (Down from 13th)

So, Bayonetta 2 is completely gone, only the first hanging in there. Splatoon 2, Mario Kart keep riding high or return to the charts. Outlast and Darkest Dungeon seem respectful enough. Celeste and the usual suspects like Super Mario Bros. sit high though.

https://gematsu.com/2018/03/yonder-cloud-catcher-chronicles-c...

"It will cost $29.99 via the Nintendo eShop and $39.99 at physical retail.

The Switch version of Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles will include a new photo mode, enabling users to share images of the game world with friends."

Alright, Yonder coming to Switch, both digital and physical, with digital being cheaper by a $10 :0 The first time I see this kind of distinction!

Looking good owo

You know, if this game can have differing digital prices compared to physical, why can't they just do that for all games to partly remove the "Switch tax"? Genuinely curious, is there something that requires you to price match the two?

https://gematsu.com/2018/03/v-rally-4-announced-ps4-xbox-one-...

Trailer:

Oh yeah forgot to post this on my last post but for those that enjoy racing, this game is coming! (I don't enjoy it much but have fun for those that do!)

@EvilLucario And I think for some games- it might be a contract with retailer? Like if everything's always cheaper on digital, more and more people will flock to digital instead of physical, especially if you are located in places where it's easy to download games even big ones.

@EvilLucario Switch tax?

@Blathers LA Noire on Switch was $50, on other platforms it was $40. Stuff like that.

@Blathers Lots of third party companies are charging more for Switch games on carts. Often $10 more then other systems or digital. This has been deemed the Switch tax. They claim to be off setting the cost difference of carts over bluray discs.

It probably comes with some extras in the case, like Nicalis does. That allows the difference, or so I've heard.

But digital being $10 more than other platforms, despite still being less than physical? That's... questionable. I won't support that kind of thing. I can accept physical being more, I can accept ports being full price, I can even accept ports being more than the original provided there was adequate reasoning for the original to be less (like DKC, trying to sell to just 5-7 million people on a failed platform).

But if a PS4 version is $20, and the Switch version is $30, and it's not because of pricing parity with physical (because physical is $40)... that's where I say nope, I'll wait for a sale... or at least I would, if there wasn't a physical release.

Enter the Gungeon is on sale on the NA eShop

Anyone think that VS Super Mario Bros shows there is still a lot of people want a more conventional VC??